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not michelle obama. >> hi, nice to meet you. this is for you? >> yes, my name is logan. >> what do you do? >> underwriter, too. >> and working as an economist right now. >> initiative made to stand up and understand the new unemployment number. [inaudible] >> no, but i wanted to kiss her because it got me so much press. [inaudible] website that there was low-key they asked all the things. so i loved that. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. nice to meet you. i don't like >> -- 55th anniversary. >> fantastic. when is it? >> today. >> happy anniversary to you, too. >> on your screen now as brains and occurred, professor at the university. his most recent, two generations, for families and history of america's influence in the middle east. professor vandermark, who is daniel was? how did he go about doing that? >> with american entrepreneurial spirit. he also had the financial backing. i've been phelps dodge in the 19th century. >> book was reverend bliss is cool and founded the american university? >> 's initial cool deferred from what became his lif
not michelle obama. >> hi, nice to meet you. this is for you? >> yes, my name is logan. >> what do you do? >> underwriter, too. >> and working as an economist right now. >> initiative made to stand up and understand the new unemployment number. [inaudible] >> no, but i wanted to kiss her because it got me so much press. [inaudible] website that there was low-key they asked all the things. so i loved that. >> thank you. >> you're welcome....
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it's only as recent as president obama's embrace of gay marriage that shows how relevant these ideals are. i'm part of the city. i think it's a laboratory for the new. it's a laboratory for the new ideas for medical marijuana to gay marriage to immigrant sanctuary, a lovable minimum wage. universal health care, which is something that dr. smith in the free clinic is popularized, health care is a right not a privilege. all of these values were fought out first in san francisco not the rest of the country to the horror of fox news is grappling with them. so i say right now, san francisco. [applause] >> i'd like to give an anecdote to your comments. [inaudible] -- to kind of wipe my her race ends to bistros to cut is going to under the armpits of the united states. i ended up with my first job in richmond, virginia. and my landlady, landlord to be, the bugs, they like the grandfather of the neighborhood. and so, they have never met a haitian before. in fact, one week and they invited whole family to come see an asian. one of the relatives is disappointed because i was not wearing one of
it's only as recent as president obama's embrace of gay marriage that shows how relevant these ideals are. i'm part of the city. i think it's a laboratory for the new. it's a laboratory for the new ideas for medical marijuana to gay marriage to immigrant sanctuary, a lovable minimum wage. universal health care, which is something that dr. smith in the free clinic is popularized, health care is a right not a privilege. all of these values were fought out first in san francisco not the rest of...
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some would say about china in 2010 we the united states held a human rights talks with china. this puzzled me greatly we are a liberal democracy and there are a one-party dictatorship with the gulag we held human-rights talks with them and afterwards after one session the press had questions for our guide is the assistant secretary of state named michael prisoner. i fink assistant secretary of state for democracy or something like that. and the press said money duties for talks with of the chinese communist who tortured the tibet and others every single day. our guy in the press it to the arizona immigration law came up and if it did did you bring it up or did they and he said we did early. early and often to show that we too have problems in our society. it's what used to call in the battle of days moral equivalence and it is not gone. final remarks. did you see this video the authority the professor of the montclair university, public university in new jersey denied the soviet union ever told anybody? she wrote a book called khrushchev plotted in the speech when he said that
some would say about china in 2010 we the united states held a human rights talks with china. this puzzled me greatly we are a liberal democracy and there are a one-party dictatorship with the gulag we held human-rights talks with them and afterwards after one session the press had questions for our guide is the assistant secretary of state named michael prisoner. i fink assistant secretary of state for democracy or something like that. and the press said money duties for talks with of the...
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politico rights leader's side is hopeful there will be a breakthrough on preventing the tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to take effect on january 1st. earlier today senator tom harkin held and even outside of the capitol about the fiscal cliff. he called it a battle for the middle class. we will also hear from congressman chris van hollen and members of advocacy groups. >> are we ready? okay. good morning. all right. good morning. welcome to this cold morning press conference here outside of the senate office building. i am the executive director of network and i am one of them on the bus. we're here to continue the message, grizzlies to find a solution to the economic situation that we are facing. we gather today as a broad coalition through all sorts of members of the washington advocacy community and folks from all around the country to stand here together to say we need a congress that governs. we need a congress that solves our problems. and we are especially concerned today about lifting up middle class families that are so apprehensive about the future and the working
politico rights leader's side is hopeful there will be a breakthrough on preventing the tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to take effect on january 1st. earlier today senator tom harkin held and even outside of the capitol about the fiscal cliff. he called it a battle for the middle class. we will also hear from congressman chris van hollen and members of advocacy groups. >> are we ready? okay. good morning. all right. good morning. welcome to this cold morning press conference...
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closer to obama's $400,000. >> i think that's about right. sounds about like $400,000. >> which leaves out less than 2% of the people. >> absolutely. >> people say that's an average income. most people make about $40,000 a year. that's average. $40,000 and that's with three or four kids too. >> there's only a couple places in the country somebody would look at $400,000 and think it's extremely wealthy. >> even in washington, d.c. if you make $400,000 for a couple you're rich. >> this weekend the president's been a tough negotiator. as you said with republicans. i think he's been tough. the general reports about one meeting with boehner, quote, at one point according to notes taken by a participant, mr. boehner said i put $800 billion in tax revenue on the table. what do i get for that? you get nothing. i get that for free. august of 2011. you missed your opportunity on that, the president told him. i'm suspicious of the way these quotes are remembered. first of all, i've learned this from reading lots of books. nobody remembers exact quotes.
closer to obama's $400,000. >> i think that's about right. sounds about like $400,000. >> which leaves out less than 2% of the people. >> absolutely. >> people say that's an average income. most people make about $40,000 a year. that's average. $40,000 and that's with three or four kids too. >> there's only a couple places in the country somebody would look at $400,000 and think it's extremely wealthy. >> even in washington, d.c. if you make $400,000 for a...
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and governor romney debating whatever right here in our studios we had two very serious candidates talk about very serious issues that were absent elsewhere everywhere they talked about the n.b.a. they talked about drones to talk about the war on drugs and this is something that we put together because not only do we know there was a point but our audience was asking for it we haven't seen it too much of you in the mainstream media do you think tomorrow they will be talking about how you did impact. election code that would be the pie in the sky is that i would impact the election and let me just give you a chronology of the libertarian party. you know the fact is you go from an annoyance to a spoiler to a player we really need to be bringing third parties fourth parties because parties into that debate which are blocking traffic monitors adults are preparing to write i think you mean i want to thank you and i feel like this is a win for the american people that we have been able to enter into this race to break into the party and offer the solutions that the american people are clamori
and governor romney debating whatever right here in our studios we had two very serious candidates talk about very serious issues that were absent elsewhere everywhere they talked about the n.b.a. they talked about drones to talk about the war on drugs and this is something that we put together because not only do we know there was a point but our audience was asking for it we haven't seen it too much of you in the mainstream media do you think tomorrow they will be talking about how you did...
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and mediator had and obama promised to be more flexible right after elections but from what you're saying how how how much flexibility he really be or allow himself to be with this republican opposition in congress well i think that's the peculiarities of the american system and the congressman can freeze consideration of. very important issues just because the beef from his particular state is not being admitted to one country in the other for the senate the reasons and. the issues of global importance could be just frozen because of the. interest of one single state in the united states. the interest having nothing to do with the substance of the issue in question. so sometimes the issues of huge importance like the you know the israeli palestinian conflict and the need to settle it being kept hostages for years and years. because of the peculiarity of the near it in the electoral cycles we would prefer. to approach international issues on the basis of the their merit and on the basis of the crying need to do something together. without looking back at your domestic politicking interest
and mediator had and obama promised to be more flexible right after elections but from what you're saying how how how much flexibility he really be or allow himself to be with this republican opposition in congress well i think that's the peculiarities of the american system and the congressman can freeze consideration of. very important issues just because the beef from his particular state is not being admitted to one country in the other for the senate the reasons and. the issues of global...
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even though obama managed to get reelected very quickly right now in any way with the poor with the rapidly declining even his own little bank right now it creates right in here. so we have really no flowery in the country we are working with here i'm with you but wouldn't a democrat stand out going against the against the grain but you know the leadership is not there briefly a ten seconds lawrence if you can is america likely to head into another recession now absolutely we haven't gotten out of this we've got him in the right way him. or not he supported by both democrats will be growing the u.s. economy everything you're doing there we're in we're in for a rough year mark you'll be back to talk to us about it no doubt lawrence freeman thank you editor at the executive intelligence review magazine much appreciated good night ok now let's take a look at our twenty twelve all unfolded for america last year it was a success for barack obama some would say who secured his second u.s. presidency a washington correspondent says he not only succeeded in snatching victory from arch rival mitt ro
even though obama managed to get reelected very quickly right now in any way with the poor with the rapidly declining even his own little bank right now it creates right in here. so we have really no flowery in the country we are working with here i'm with you but wouldn't a democrat stand out going against the against the grain but you know the leadership is not there briefly a ten seconds lawrence if you can is america likely to head into another recession now absolutely we haven't gotten out...
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still open by the way despite president obama's pledges to close the prison. and let's go back to our top story some reaction from some of our selway a spokesman for the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party will be talking about egypt of course mr assad we welcome to the show so what's your response to critics who say the sharia centric constitution betrays the revolution and sidelines the rights of minorities in egypt. i can't hear the voice can you repeat again the question please of course mr sorry can you hear us now hello can you hear us yes second year of iran taffrail so what's your response to those who say to critics who say the sharia centric constitution betrays the they were going to your relation to egypt and sidelines the rights of minorities in your country. this is not protocol you can revise the constitution. or. this is not really present and approve of it and the same time the president declared that if the minority or majority needs to commodify he needs in this constitution this can be done through the parliament and through nego
still open by the way despite president obama's pledges to close the prison. and let's go back to our top story some reaction from some of our selway a spokesman for the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice party will be talking about egypt of course mr assad we welcome to the show so what's your response to critics who say the sharia centric constitution betrays the revolution and sidelines the rights of minorities in egypt. i can't hear the voice can you repeat again the question please...
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fox news watch is on right now. >> we can now definitively say that president barack obama will be re-elected, mitt romney will come up a loser in this race. >> jon: the billing media story of the year, the presidential election. that was how it ended. barack obama beating mitt romney and an end to a bitter season that started early with the g.o.p. primaries and events like this. >> we saw some of this black church in south carolina where a woman asked you why you referred a president obama as the food stamp president. it sounds as if you are suitcase to go belittle people. >> first of all, juan, the fact is that more people have been put on food stamps by barack obama than any president in american history. [ cheers and applause ] >> i know among the political kli correct and i'm supposed to you use facts that are uncomfortable. [ laughter ] >> so that was just part of a long and memorable primary season. juan, is that your highlight of the year. [ laughter ] >> my highlight? it is telling again for newt gingrich. he in a subsequent debate when we was asked about extramarital life and enough
fox news watch is on right now. >> we can now definitively say that president barack obama will be re-elected, mitt romney will come up a loser in this race. >> jon: the billing media story of the year, the presidential election. that was how it ended. barack obama beating mitt romney and an end to a bitter season that started early with the g.o.p. primaries and events like this. >> we saw some of this black church in south carolina where a woman asked you why you referred a...
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he has done that right up until now obama has what he wanted which is a partisan political success. he has been less worried about the fiscal issue for two reasons number one he does not care about debt. he hasn't in the four years, and number two, he thinks he's a political winner if we go over the cliff. he thinks he's holding all of the cards. >>> house gop leaders have decided to have the house of representatives turn on sunday evening just in case there's a deal made in the final hours. >>> now to some stories you can bank on this morning. time is running out for struggling homeowners to get some free help fighting possible wrongful foreclosures. in a deal for the fox business network joins us to explain. >> a little more time but time running out. >> the four million homeowners foreclosed on from 09 to 10 government sent out a letter to them a year ago 4 million. they have until monday to sign up for a free review of the foreclosure make sure there's no mistake see if they are going to be compensated for any errors. 100 bucks maybe 100,000. free massive government settlement b
he has done that right up until now obama has what he wanted which is a partisan political success. he has been less worried about the fiscal issue for two reasons number one he does not care about debt. he hasn't in the four years, and number two, he thinks he's a political winner if we go over the cliff. he thinks he's holding all of the cards. >>> house gop leaders have decided to have the house of representatives turn on sunday evening just in case there's a deal made in the final...
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of human rights violations were going to the russian foreign minister president barack obama who had to sign the bill in the end was simply a hostage of the republican majority in congress they believed that one of the achievements probably as the administration presented itself to voters for the last four years one of the achievements was the reset with the russian federation and they want to heat obama exactly. in this reset thing. russia she added that if the republicans really wanted to achieve sanctions they could have taken these cases to court instead of putting on this show. also talked about how difficult it is to deal with the united states on various international issues due to some of the features of the american political system sometimes the issues of huge importance like the you know israeli palestinian conflict and the need to settle it being the just for years and years. because of the peculiarity of the american electoral cycles the mystical to the relations the need to get reelected prevent the american administrations from doing some things which the rest of the w
of human rights violations were going to the russian foreign minister president barack obama who had to sign the bill in the end was simply a hostage of the republican majority in congress they believed that one of the achievements probably as the administration presented itself to voters for the last four years one of the achievements was the reset with the russian federation and they want to heat obama exactly. in this reset thing. russia she added that if the republicans really wanted to...
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obama administration's collectible middle east policy. egypt right now on the grip of the worst political crisis since the fall of the president two years ago. and in syria, increasingly desperate measures to counter an insurgency that is slowly but surely pushing closer to control of the capital city of damascus. we will take all that up there with the fox news military analyst, new intelligence report that concludes america's time as the lone superpower is nearing an end. john negroponte joins us to discuss our nation's future as a superpower and the challenges we surely face. and president obama ignoring immigration reform in the first term only a matter of time before he makes new proposals should republican party takes the lead on the issue. when will it be enough to lure latino voters in that is their purpose. egypt is worsening. clinical crisis shows no signs of easing as the new muslim brotherhood leadership tries to silence opposition. so far the obama administration is trying to play both sides respecting the countries efforts a
obama administration's collectible middle east policy. egypt right now on the grip of the worst political crisis since the fall of the president two years ago. and in syria, increasingly desperate measures to counter an insurgency that is slowly but surely pushing closer to control of the capital city of damascus. we will take all that up there with the fox news military analyst, new intelligence report that concludes america's time as the lone superpower is nearing an end. john negroponte...
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still open by the way despite president obama's pledges to close the prison. the u.k. is looking to beef up its military presence in the gulf we talk about that soon on the way we've got expert opinion what might be behind britain's plans to strengthening its defense ties with the region's royal. almost three billion dollars it affirms megadeals have been signed between russia and india president putin's on a visit to new delhi cementing toys with fast growing economies as they continue to try and boost the global influence of his with financial reports next on how their improved world standing though is worrying some in the west russia and india have signed around three billion dollar worth of military contracts today and many experts have already said that that is very important and that is very symbolic why this thing is bad today india is number one one point importer in the world and russian made equipment accounts for more than seventy percent of the indian military supplies but recently india has signed many contracts with you guys and israel and some h
still open by the way despite president obama's pledges to close the prison. the u.k. is looking to beef up its military presence in the gulf we talk about that soon on the way we've got expert opinion what might be behind britain's plans to strengthening its defense ties with the region's royal. almost three billion dollars it affirms megadeals have been signed between russia and india president putin's on a visit to new delhi cementing toys with fast growing economies as they continue to try...
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violations well according to the russian foreign minister president barack obama who had to sign the bill in the end was a hostage of the republican majority in congress which according to the foreign minister could have achieved the same sanctions by taking these cases to court instead of creating what he called this international performance. they believed that one of the achievements probably as the administration presented itself to voters for the last four years one of the achievements was the reset was the russian federation and they want to heat obama exactly. in this reset think. syria are awful also noted how difficult it is sometimes to deal with the united states when it comes to various international issues due to the peculiarities of america's elop toral cycle. something to the issues with huge importance like the you know the israeli palestinian conflict and the need to settle it being kept was there just for years and years. because of the peculiarity of the american electoral cycles the mystical said the relations and the need to get reelected prevent the american adm
violations well according to the russian foreign minister president barack obama who had to sign the bill in the end was a hostage of the republican majority in congress which according to the foreign minister could have achieved the same sanctions by taking these cases to court instead of creating what he called this international performance. they believed that one of the achievements probably as the administration presented itself to voters for the last four years one of the achievements was...
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you remember you remember that as a presidential nominee from the green party jule styne was arrested right outside the venue where the debate was taking place she was protesting for exclusion from the debate and nobody like no news channel q. had mentioned her arrest none and i was switching channels for hours to see if anything was said about that and it was nothing i can imagine what the reaction would be here in the states if a presidential candidate is the other big country was arrested in the media there wouldn't even mention it but apparently it happens in the u.s. no big deal presidential candidates get arrested all the time right well there was some irony in that yes anyway during the election campaign the mainstream media had been focused on nothing else and no one else with these two candidates and we are t.v. as you remember of course saw the in saw an opportunity there to show what others don't and we posted the debate. now there was one thing that shook the badly that made president obama's put the country's tragedy second amendment under some heavy five the sandy hook primary
you remember you remember that as a presidential nominee from the green party jule styne was arrested right outside the venue where the debate was taking place she was protesting for exclusion from the debate and nobody like no news channel q. had mentioned her arrest none and i was switching channels for hours to see if anything was said about that and it was nothing i can imagine what the reaction would be here in the states if a presidential candidate is the other big country was arrested in...
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>> i think you're right about that but my big theater of the year was watching president obama and chris christie there at hurricane sandy. it was -- pivotal political moment this year. most memorable scene and for a country looking for people who can work together across party lines it was a new symbol. >> and ruinous for whom? >> i don't think it's ruinous for christie at all. >> no, no. not christie. ruin the romney. >> oh for sure. >> romney was nowhere to be seen and he had been -- he had the big mo going in. best political theater u. n. ambassador susan rice spinning the benghazi attack. she ended the soap opera with letter withdrawing from her petition for the united states. >> that's the worst? worst is my friend clint eastwood. in the empty chair. >> now wait a minute. >> brought it out -- >> a lot of people liked that. >> it was okay -- i mean it was interesting. >> not good -- >> it blotted out all the film of the great things mitt had done. >> eleanor? >> that's right. okay worst political theater i'm more serious. the senate republicans voting down the u. n. treaty on people
>> i think you're right about that but my big theater of the year was watching president obama and chris christie there at hurricane sandy. it was -- pivotal political moment this year. most memorable scene and for a country looking for people who can work together across party lines it was a new symbol. >> and ruinous for whom? >> i don't think it's ruinous for christie at all. >> no, no. not christie. ruin the romney. >> oh for sure. >> romney was nowhere...
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it's still open by the way despite president obama's pledges to close the prison president obama has adopted his own method of chasing down terrorists and sending that that is sending drones to kill suspected terrorists in the vast majority of cases they're killed not captured or tried garnishes you can thanks for bringing us up to speed on this there from washington d.c. the u.k. is going to prefer peace military presence in the gulf we talk about that soon on the way we've expert opinion on what might be behind britain's plans for strengthening its defense ties with the region's roils plus it's all downhill in to us weekly sports show ladies really a talent for a night to join thousands watching a massive slalom first. domus three billion dollars to defend megadeals have been signed between russia and india president putin's with a visit to new delhi right now cementing ties with fast growing economies as they continue to try and boost the global influence on his way of financial reports and how that improved world standing is worrying some in the west. russia and india have signed
it's still open by the way despite president obama's pledges to close the prison president obama has adopted his own method of chasing down terrorists and sending that that is sending drones to kill suspected terrorists in the vast majority of cases they're killed not captured or tried garnishes you can thanks for bringing us up to speed on this there from washington d.c. the u.k. is going to prefer peace military presence in the gulf we talk about that soon on the way we've expert opinion on...
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remember you remember that it just presidential nominee from the green party jule styne was arrested right outside the venue where the debate was taking place she was protesting for exclusion from that age and nobody like no news channel period mentioned her arrest none and i was switching channels for hours to see if anything was said about that and it was nothing i can imagine what the reaction would be here in the states if a presidential candidate is the mother of the country was arrested in the media there wouldn't even mention it but apparently it happens in the u.s. no big deal president right well there was some irony in that yes anyway during the election campaign the mainstream media had been focused on nothing else and no one else with these two candidates and we are t.v. as you remember of course saw the in saw an opportunity there to show what others don't and we hosted the debate. well the end of the year so barack obama's victory overshadowed by the primary school shooting in connecticut in there the president to pledge and then the to the epidemic of gun violence auntie's t
remember you remember that it just presidential nominee from the green party jule styne was arrested right outside the venue where the debate was taking place she was protesting for exclusion from that age and nobody like no news channel period mentioned her arrest none and i was switching channels for hours to see if anything was said about that and it was nothing i can imagine what the reaction would be here in the states if a presidential candidate is the mother of the country was arrested...
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to do the right thing. the united states must renounce its witch hunt against wikileaks. >> a prominent human rights activist in bahrain has been sentenced to three years in prison for taking part in protests against the u.s.-backed regime. the president of the human center for -- bahrain center for human rights has been detained after making comments and making appearances. >> we are obstinate about the nine states. are upset about the united states trying to hide their crimes. >> we turn to breaking news in russia where three members of a feminist, a group have been found guilty of who will listen for staging a peaceful protest against vladimir putin in son of an orthodox church. -- inside of an orthodox church. >> when i put on my mask, i feel like i can do everything. of course, i and the same person, but this is another part of me, which has more courage, which has a strong pillar of what she is doing is right. she has enough power to change something. >> republicans are mounting increasing pressure on
to do the right thing. the united states must renounce its witch hunt against wikileaks. >> a prominent human rights activist in bahrain has been sentenced to three years in prison for taking part in protests against the u.s.-backed regime. the president of the human center for -- bahrain center for human rights has been detained after making comments and making appearances. >> we are obstinate about the nine states. are upset about the united states trying to hide their crimes....
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david: money with adam shapiro is right now. >> i'm adam shapo in for melissa francis. here's what is money tonight. t the last minute panic begin of the president obama is set to fly back to washington in the next few urs to tr to scrape out a fiscal cliff deal but hope is fading fast. if that weren't bad enough, the treasury now says the u.s. will hit the debt ceiling on new year's eve. will this be a game-changer for reaching a deal? >>> plus as if the fiscal cliff wasn't bad enough, now critical ports across the u.s. could be brought to a standstill starting this weekend. we'll explain how a looming union worker strike could sink businesses across the united states. >>> the major sports leagues do a touchdown dance after a federal judge's ruling. their lawsuit to spike sports gambling in new jersey get as crucial green light but new jersey isn't taking it sitting down. details how that state is fighting back and preparing to give vegas a run for its money. even when they say it's not, it's always about money adam: thank you for joining us. we want to look first at t
david: money with adam shapiro is right now. >> i'm adam shapo in for melissa francis. here's what is money tonight. t the last minute panic begin of the president obama is set to fly back to washington in the next few urs to tr to scrape out a fiscal cliff deal but hope is fading fast. if that weren't bad enough, the treasury now says the u.s. will hit the debt ceiling on new year's eve. will this be a game-changer for reaching a deal? >>> plus as if the fiscal cliff wasn't bad...
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you're right. in practice -- >> that means he doesn't agree with you. >> i think you make good points. the truth is the person who's going to set the policy and agenda is barack obama. he's very hands on. it's really a symbolic fight. the question is do you need a symbolic fight when you can get somebody else to do what you want just as well without going through combat, intense combat, over some of these legislative issues, especially the budget stuff right away. it seems to me -- >> what that sounds like, i want to get joy in the panel, that sounds what you hear from washington democrats, every time they are losing is a symbolic fight. you know who doesn't think it's a symbolic fight, the republicans don't seem to think this is a symbolic fight. the republicans don't think this is a waste of, quote, political capital, joy, the republicans seem to think it is worth going hard at the war cabinet of this war president. >> the republicans aren't good at distinguishing between necessary and unnecessar
you're right. in practice -- >> that means he doesn't agree with you. >> i think you make good points. the truth is the person who's going to set the policy and agenda is barack obama. he's very hands on. it's really a symbolic fight. the question is do you need a symbolic fight when you can get somebody else to do what you want just as well without going through combat, intense combat, over some of these legislative issues, especially the budget stuff right away. it seems to me --...